Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-11
GARRETr,s FRIENDS INDIGNANT.
Denouncing the Reports about His HI.
Health-sensatiOnal story from New
KAvk.


Mr. Roor Garrett drove into Baltimore from ais
country residence yesterday and called upon sew
eral friends whom he had not seen since returning
| from Europe. He stopped for some time at the
Maryland Club. According to a Baltimore paper.
he was very bright and In a cheerful frame OF
mind. During the rest OF the day Mr.. Garrett was
! busy at his country place examining papers con-
nected with the affairs OF the Baltimore and ohio
Railroad Co President Burns, Vice-President
Spencer, Lawyer Cowen, Mr.. Andrew Anderson, DR..
Barnard and other officers OF the company visited
him Though still suffering somewhat from the
fatigue OF his recent t1p Mr: Garrett applied him.
sci. vigorously TO the task before him. and sue
ceeded In transacting considerable business.
The finance and other committees OF the Balti-
more and Ono board OF direc ors will meet to-day
TO prepare reports TO be submitted to the meeting
Of the board on wednesday, at which time the re-
cent telegraph deal will be discussed and informa
the trade. IL is understood that Mr.. Garrett will
give a statement to the public ia a day or two.
Tnere was rumor on the street In Baltimore,
dent Will not expire until November, and his
friends say that his reelection will rest entirely
with himself. IL he desires To continue as presi-
dent they say he can do so without the slightest
trouble, but they say he diSike5 the position and
wants to get out. He is represented as having
Another rumor has it that the sale OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Telegraph TO Gould would not have
ton had not been formed which would guarantee
the ratification of the deal. This combination
would be strong enough to depOoe Mr.. Garrett III
he were not disposed TO withdraw. II was the
talk about this combination which led Mr.. Gar
fett's friends 10 say that much schemng had been
going on while he was away, and that he had been
unfairly treated by men VINO had proiessed friend
ship for him. An official Of the Baltimore and
OHIO said that Mr.. CARROTS diSpleasure at Gould
getting control OF the Baltimore and Ohio Tee-
graph was based on sentiment and not on business
considerations hr. Garrett, he SAID, had always
been opposed TO Gould, as his father had been
before MIN. MI. Garretts friends say that lie OBJ
Jects TO Goulds business methods, and that this
objection Is based ON principle rather than senti
ment.
TIE REPORTS ABOUT GARRETT's HEALTH.
Regarding the reports printed In New York
papers TO the effect that Mr. Garrett was suffering
from mental trouble, Baltimore paper says:
There was not bit OF truth In the report, and II
not gotten up with malicious intent, 1t was de-
lberate deception Tor the purpose OF creating
brief sensation. In Baltimore IL produced a storm
OF Indignation and was branded by Mr.. CARROTS
friends as an Infamous lie.' Few men have more
personal friends than MIR. Garrett, and as they had
already been angered 10y the manner in which he
was ignored In the telegraph deal. they became
very hot Indeed when they SAW the New York
papers"
THE NEW YORK ''TRIBUSE's" STARTLING STORY.
Notwithstanding this emphatic denial, the New
York Tribune to-day contains the following:
There Is reason to believe that Mr.. Garrett was
greatly surprised on his arrival from Europe on
Friday TO learn that the Baltimore and Ohio tele-
graph lines had been sold and delvered 10 the
western Union company within twenty -four hours
agement OF the railroad company In the hands OF
powerful syndicate, and, In fact, was fully in
formed OF the progress OF the negotiations about
the sale OF the auxiliary companies, Mr.. Gar
rett was evidently OF the opinion that
undue haste had been made in concluding
the great telegraph deal. Soon after his arrival
Mr.. Carrot was in consultation with his principal
suD0rdinateS from whom he must have learned
the facts OF the sale and actual transfer OF the
telegraph property. His statements later In the
the day that ne had not signed any papers may
have been susceptible OF a double meaning. Mr..
CARROTS eccentric actions prevented any sober
discussion OF matters with him, and on sunday
his friends were anxious chiefly to remove him
from the excitement into which he had been
thrown. II was only by q stratagem, however,
that they succeeded in getting him on board a
train for Baltimore. A good many stories about
him were reported in Wall street yesterday. 1t
Was related That he said OF his future plans:
81 am going TO pay the debts OF the Prince OF
Wales, who VIII come over here and run the Bati-
more and Ohio Railroad, which have given him.
have bought palace In Mexico, and am going
down there 20 manage that country"
IL was said also that he sent for Robert Stewart,
who used To be manager Of his telegraph lines and
pany, and that when Mr.. stewart entered his
room at the BrevOort House MI. Garrett seized him
by the coat collar with both hands. and shouting
some one to lock the door, said TO him: jay Gould
has been following Inc for four years and you have
been helping him TO DO it. Ill settle with You
now"
cial and business world said yesterday: 81 fear
that Mr.. Garrett is insane. 1 saw to-day tele-
gram from a gentleman who saw Mr. Garrett In
Baltimore and who telegraphed on here that he
Was insane. Another gentleman who saw Mr..
Garrett before he left the city says that he has
lost control OF his mental faculties He heard him
talk and talked with him, and Mr.. Garrett did hot
do much drinking while he WAS with him."
Cannot Mr.. CARROTS action and words be ex-
planned on theory OF cornwall induigence?" was
suggested.
"So, | fear not, was the reply, 81 believe that
MT. CARROTS condition was aggravated by the
Worry and anxiety that beset him at the time he